….when I think back, are the beliefs or rules of my parents.
The boys we dated had to be from homes where the families went to church, and it would be humiliating for my parents if we dated someone “out of the circle”.
That was so hypocritical of them.
I was reminded of this in a email from my brother. He attended the funeral of a woman I know who was well loved.,,,in her seventies likely. He told me that, and also that Ian Johnston was there and asking about me. He had hoped I would be there. When he was in Grade 9 and I was in Grade 12, he said to my brother that he had a mad crush on me and thought I was hot stuff. I would be 15, no boobs and no period, but I remember him, always have. How nice that he remembered me after 54 years!
I knew then that he was ‘out of the circle'. Since I was in a higher grade meant nothing as I was 2 years ahead of myself and the boys in younger grades were my age.
Just reminiscing….